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Joker: Folie à Deux Director Todd Phillips Shares 2 New Images
Joker: Folie à Deux director Todd Phillips has shared two new images from the film. It will be released on October 4, 2024.
Article Summary
- Todd Phillips unveils two new images from Joker: Folie à Deux, set for an October 2024 release.
- The title hints at shared psychosis, potentially reshaping the Joker-Harley dynamic.
- The film challenges conventions by blending the superhero genre with a musical format.
- Even Joker critics are intrigued by the film's fresh and unpredictable approach.
We have a lot of really promising movies coming out in 2024, and now that the new year is right around the corner, people are starting to look ahead. While most people are focusing on the first half of the year, director Todd Phillips has not been shy about dropping sneak peeks for Joker: Folie à Deux for a while now. We haven't seen anything else from the movie yet aside from these sneak peeks. Still, considering that the film has apparently been in the bag for a little while with all the images that Phillips is sharing, we'll probably get a trailer sooner rather than later. Phillips shared two more images on his official Instagram to honor the holiday season.
What The Title Joker: Folie à Deux Could Tell Us About The Movie
That title, Joker: Folie à Deux, is telling since Folie à Deux, or "madness of two," is defined as "an identical or similar mental disorder affecting two or more individuals, usually the members of a close family." Usually, in close family relationships, but sometimes in other types of relationships, one family member suffers some sort of psychotic break or delusion, passing it along to another family member. One notable incidence of this is with Ursula Eriksson and Sabina Eriksson, identical twins who had an incident in May of 2008 that left a man dead. One could argue that the original version of Joker and Harley was doing some version of Folie à Deux, only now we are adding the actual terminology to the incident. The interesting thing here is that Folie à Deux is not something one does intentionally to another person, and it was always implied that the Joker intentionally manipulated Harley for his own volition. If they are pursuing Folie à Deux, that will make it much greyer whether he meant to manipulate her. Does this version of the Joker even mean to drag Harley down with him, or does it just happen because they become very close? Again, all speculation, but it could add a new dynamic to their relationship that we haven't seen before.
Warner Bros. and DC have wanted to make a Joker and Harley movie for years and making it a musical? It's one of those things that will either work so well it's going to be brilliant, or the entire thing will fall apart. We know that both Phoenix and Gaga can act, and seeing Gaga playing someone like Harley would be a lot of fun. For a taste of what she could look like in this role, check out House of Gucci, where she goes pretty over the top in a fun way. As someone who didn't like Joker, though? This is the sort of out-of-left-field sort of thing that actually makes me interested in Joker: Folie à Deux. The current release date is October 4, 2024.